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Stefanie Scott

Stefanie Scott

American actress and singer


Stefanie Noelle Scott[1] (born December 6, 1996[2]) is an American actress and singer. Scott began acting with the comedy film Beethoven's Big Break (2008), and thereafter released her debut extended play New Girl in Town (2009).[3] This was followed by a supporting role in the romance film Flipped (2010), which won her a Young Artist Award. She played the role of Lexi Reed on Disney Channel's A.N.T. Farm (2011–2014), which won her a second Young Artist Award and introduced her to a wider audience. While on Disney, she recorded a number of Disney Channel promotional singles, which were released between 2008 and 2012.[4][5][6]

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Scott made her foray into mainstream film and television with a voice role in the animated film Wreck-It Ralph (2012), for which she won a BTVA Award. She then played the leading role of Quinn Brenner in the horror film Insidious: Chapter 3 (2015)—her highest-grossing film—and co-starred in the musical film Jem and the Holograms (2015), for which she additionally contributed to its soundtrack. Her subsequent film roles have consisted of independent features, such as the neo-noir Small Town Crime (2017), the biopic Beautiful Boy (2018), the high-school drama Good Girls Get High (2018) and the thriller Mary (2019). She currently leads the Peacock original series The Girl in the Woods (2021).

Early life

Scott was born in Chicago, Illinois and has two older brothers.[7] She lived in Indialantic, Florida and attended Holy Trinity Episcopal Academy, before becoming home schooled in 2010.[8]

Career

2008–2012: Early work and Disney stardom

Scott in 2011

Scott was first a California Discovery Girl in the 2009 August/September issue of Discovery Girls magazine. She appeared in the role of Katie in Beethoven's Big Break. She appeared in the feature film Flipped directed by Rob Reiner as well as in the film titled No Strings Attached where she played a young version of the main character.

Scott was the voice of Emma on the Disney animated TV series Special Agent Oso premiering in April 2009 on Disney Channel.[9] Scott had a guest-starring role in the Fox series Sons of Tucson as well as on NBC series Chuck playing the 12-year-old Sarah Walker. Scott released her second song entitled, "Shoulda Woulda Coulda".[10]

In 2011 she starred in the Disney Channel Original Series A.N.T. Farm as one of the main characters, Lexi Reed. She also served as second assistant director in the show's first season. Scott released a song entitled, "Girl I Used to Know" in the same year.[11] The official music video for the song premiered on October 26, the music video features an appearance by Orlando based band Before You Exit portraying as her band.[12]

2013–present: Mainstream film and television

In 2013 Scott was a guest star on the fifteenth season of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit as Clare Wilson.[13] Scott provided the voice of Moppet Girl in Wreck-It Ralph. Scott also guest-starred on the Disney Channel show Jessie, as Maybelle. From 2013, Scott has sponsored girls through Shoeboxes for Haiti, and is a cookie ambassador with the organization Cookies for Kids Cancer.[14]

In 2014, Scott began to film four films, Insidious: Chapter 3 (released in June 2015), Jem and the Holograms, 1 Mile to You, and Caught.[15][16][17] Caught was screened at the premiere of the 2015 Los Angeles Film Festival on June 12, 2015.[18][19] Also in 2015, Scott appeared in Hayley Kiyoko's music video for "Girls Like Girls". In 2015, Scott appeared as the daughter of Pierce Brosnan and Anna Friel, in crime thriller film I.T. (2016), directed by John Moore.[20]

In August 2016, it was announced that Scott would play the lead role in the independent sci-fi feature film At First Light (2018), directed by Jason Stone.[21][22] In February 2021, Scott appeared as the main character Sara Cody in the Lifetime movie Girl In The Basement, based on the infamous Fritzl kidnapping case. In May 2021, she played the lead as Carrie in the Crypt TV supernatural drama series The Girl in the Woods.[23]

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References

  1. Elle [@ultravioletelle] (April 9, 2012). "@StefanieScott1 What is your middle name?" (Tweet) via Twitter.
    Stefanie Scott [@StefanieScott] (April 9, 2012). "@ultravioletelle noelle!" (Tweet). Archived from the original on May 26, 2014. Retrieved April 9, 2012 via Twitter.
  2. "A.N.T. Farm – Stefanie Scott". Disney Channel. Archived from the original on September 27, 2013. Born December 6, 1996 in Chicago, Illinois
  3. Scott, Stefanie (2011-05-30). "New Girl in Town". Spotify. Retrieved 2020-12-27.
  4. Scott, Stefanie. "Break the Floor". AllMusic. Retrieved 2020-12-27.
  5. Scott, Stefanie. "FYI – Single". iTunes. Archived from the original on 2013-12-07. Retrieved January 3, 2021.
  6. Scott, Stefanie. "I Don't Wanna Let You Go – Single". iTunes. Retrieved January 3, 2021.
  7. "Top 16 Under 16: Stefanie Scott". thedreamagazine.com. 2011. Archived from the original on 8 October 2011. Retrieved 27 June 2011.
  8. Shannon, Debbie (August 25, 2010). "Look for Indialantic girl, Stefanie Scott, in 'Flipped'". Florida Today. Melbourne, Florida.
  9. "Special Agent Oso". Disney Junior. Archived from the original on 12 February 2011. Retrieved 25 March 2015.
  10. Scott, Stefanie. "Shoulda Woulda Coulda". AllMusic. Retrieved January 3, 2021.
  11. "The Girl I Used to Know – Single by Stefanie Scott". iTunes. Archived from the original on 2014-02-28. Retrieved 2012-02-26.
  12. "Just Released: Stefanie Scott's Official "Girl I Used to Know" Music Video". Sweety High Blog. Archived from the original on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 3 January 2021.
  13. "Stefanie Scott to Guest Star on Law & Order SVU January 22". OfficalSite. Archived from the original on 30 January 2014. Retrieved 30 January 2014.
  14. "Stefanie Scott: Hollywood's Do-Gooder, One Cookie at a Time". BYOU Magazine. 2013. Archived from the original on 7 July 2014. Retrieved 12 June 2013.
  15. Katie Walsh (April 6, 2017). "Runner finds catharsis in cluttered drama '1 Mile to You'". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved April 15, 2017.
  16. Jonathon Dornbush (2014-10-16). "'Jem and the Holograms' gets a release date". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved 2015-01-24.
  17. Zimmerman, Samuel (June 10, 2015). "Caught Trailer: Anna Camp's Prank-Gone-Wrong". shocktillyoudrop.com. Retrieved June 30, 2016.
  18. Pedersen, Erik (May 5, 2015). "Los Angeles Film Festival Lifts Curtain On Full Lineup". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved June 30, 2016.
  19. Hipes, Patrick (April 28, 2015). "Stefanie Scott Joins Pierce Brosnan Starrer 'I.T.'". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved October 27, 2016.
  20. D'Alessandro, Anthony (August 15, 2016). "Stefanie Scott & Theodore Pellerin Step Into YA Feature 'First Light'". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved October 27, 2016.
  21. Collis, Clark (2018-03-06). "SXSW science-fiction thriller First Light". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved 2018-04-07.
  22. "Girl I Used to Know – Stefanie Scott". Vimeo. Retrieved 2012-02-26.
  23. "30th Young Artist Awards 2009". YoungArtistAwards.org. Archived from the original on July 19, 2011. Retrieved December 25, 2014.
  24. "31st Young Artist Awards 2010". YoungArtistAwards.org. Archived from the original on October 12, 2013. Retrieved December 25, 2014.
  25. "32nd Young Artist Awards 2011". YoungArtistAwards.org. Archived from the original on August 8, 2013. Retrieved December 25, 2014.
  26. "33rd Young Artist Awards 2012". YoungArtistAwards.org. Archived from the original on April 4, 2012. Retrieved December 25, 2014.
  27. "2nd Annual BTVA Voice Acting Awards". behindthevoiceactors.com. Archived from the original on July 22, 2017. Retrieved July 22, 2017.
  28. "People's Choice Awards 2016: Complete Winners List". peopleschoice.com. Archived from the original on January 30, 2016. Retrieved January 26, 2016.

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